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    Is Germany’s Saxony a ‘failed state’Opinion
    Is Germany’s Saxony a ‘failed state’

    Two decades ago, I underwent several body searches and was led through multiple layers of electronic steel doors at the...

    18 Oct 2016 11:31 PM IST

    Here & NowOpinion
    Prachanda, Prabhakaran hold lessons

    Just days after the legendary abolition of Nepal’s monarchy, this writer went on a cloak-and-dagger ride out of...

    21 Sept 2016 3:54 AM IST

    Indian sports: Status quo anteOpinion
    Indian sports: Status quo ante

    A few years after the disastrous Commonwealth Games (CWG) of 2010, the swimming team from Uttarakhand, a relatively new...

    22 Aug 2016 10:57 PM IST

    Forget flat beds, drill in safety tipsOpinion
    Forget flat beds, drill in safety tips

    What is it about travelling Indians that the world hates Are other nationalities exemplary passengers

    9 Aug 2016 12:31 AM IST

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    Germans’ fix: ‘Amok’ amid terror

    First a teenager on board a train in Würzburg who slashed people with an axe, tried to escape and was shot dead by...

    26 July 2016 1:13 AM IST

    The Bosphorus optionOpinion
    The Bosphorus option

    If the dastardly terror attack in Nice wasn’t enough to unsettle Europe, already straining under the twin crises...

    19 July 2016 11:48 PM IST

    NSG: It’s no ‘failure’Opinion
    NSG: It’s no ‘failure’

    Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office and embarked on his world tours, being a member of the...

    2 July 2016 12:26 AM IST

    Yoga@Brand IndiaOpinion
    Yoga@Brand India

    Despite much solemnity, last year’s International Yoga Day had its hilarious moments: Made-in-China mats, tubby...

    15 Jun 2016 12:17 AM IST

    Who’s shining a mirror on our blots, and whyOpinion
    Who’s shining a mirror on our blots, and why

    Earlier this week, two surveys by international organisations punctured the balloons of wellness released into the skies...

    4 Jun 2016 12:33 AM IST

    India & Lanka: Is bonhomie fadingOpinion
    India & Lanka: Is bonhomie fading

    At his weekly media briefing on May 12, the external affairs ministry’s erudite spokesman read out details of...

    17 May 2016 11:16 PM IST

    Journalism 101Opinion
    Journalism 101

    An aspect of the ongoing AgustaWestland scandal that has drawn the loudest blood-lust at the gladiators’ circus...

    3 May 2016 7:05 AM IST

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